VOLUME 19.
POETRY AND MISCELLANY,
Tlllll sacs mAN AND Tat roan.
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I wonder if the rich wan prays,
Ant how his morning prayer is said
He'll ask for health and length of days,
But does he pray for •'daily bread:"
WINI h}• his door in posture mech,
Ile sets the poor man waiting 'gland,
IVith sunken eye mid careworn cheek.
To beg till ploynictit frotuhts baud.
And when lie t•Als his piteols tale
Oi sickly w r ite and children small,
(greats that raise and crops that Ilia,
I And troubles that the poor berill
I wonder tithe rjch tnan'ii thought'
Mountr free. al nature'' hymn, to heat ca
la gratitude, that happier
By Pro% ideace to lii:a hat git
Sini dcx.s bi 4 hurt exult to know
Be too, like ;leaven, bath pot% er to .71$
To titrett7thicit weakne..s, soften r. , o, •
And bid hope's dytag , lamp re, • irel
And when around lib g!adsornehearth,
A troop of friends ton rich man grret,
And sons ofJoy.iand smiles of mirth '
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And gra:c to ater,'s homage serceL•
I won,h , r if f :icy see+
A voion of those wretched homes,
Where want hi wrestllng With disea.c,
And scarce a rue of comfort comes.
0 it 0r1 , 1,-how • stratiqe tire loin ore given;
Lire' , atm how rai'( , ty understood:
Aid men—how far eNtrange.l from heaven,
I f-hear.m req . l I res a hrothet hood.
OMINIIYS MONUMENT,
Cr.atc of die Jrisl)
LY Pa:LDRLNCLE
are n , v , :titva poor cittzvioq Ow patrician.. mod. \Vital
rl% .111 , 1 ISou \LC.121./ rt e WI. It thvy tvouttl - Avid tv; but
livalutty %%hilt . it 1% ere l\ 1104,011 W. \lc might out as they re
humanely: but they thilik %%cute bx, <tear; the ;VW:IWO
ur, tl.v airet of our miter}, is H.: an luvritb?ry to par
atouttit.nce: our Nutler.ture to a pin to them. Let
thi: V. nit cer pikes. 1 k.t.enk this in hubur tor Lter.tl
I,lr (Cl enz,."—,Coitto,.tv..a.
CHAPTER. I.
it , r at that time when soft nightfall sobers the ruddy
rar•.•t, two horsemen stopped upon tho — brow of a hill,
sad g ILL d tiron a land smilingru true Irish loveliness
tliou2l - 1 thin clouds frowned overhead. They gazed, too,
upon reattered huts and forms of miter-Mae men, all di.'
ito!C !II the dusky light in tim, his!) deformity and
' llaiir •.‘ ore the go:h of clergymen of the Establi l shcd•
of them seemed about thirty-five ocars of
age; tall, largo and rigeel in his fen m, inimoveable in a
Lind of fixed enthusiasm according to the line of his
eutilitecrinee. Ills dre . .ss belied liiii'lacc. Ono belonged
to a Preirstant Rector, the usher to a monk of La Trap
pe. Ile nes en tilLI iustie—that was plainly marked in
lie' A hole appearance-.but it was of A peculiar kind, for
lie el..° seemed unyielding to emotion or ciieututalices.
ills entlitudie'in resulted front the. arguments of hisloa
and went straight onward in Vie direction of what he
conceived to ho duty. It did not spring; from the belief
of Ins heart, nor did it.work in eager faith. It had once
la.iked and heard: it had once argued; iaftor that it was
deaf an I blind. This was the Rey, '1 Jr. Into
k arrived from England to take cbargo of a large
:lee, she paria'lioners and;tithe-payers 'of which were
-oroly
r‘amined the peculiar features of the Irish Church, and
.re England lie had firmly settled his views.
Tho other was a much younger mari-,scareely three
and tNycuty, by his appearance. He tact - cti • rrie l 'd a look
strung determination. but it was uut 4 tittod by bigotry
1 softened by benevolence. lie seemed neither au
, Ipie monk or wily Jcsuit,'a stern Puritan...,pr a lolly
ig I e ig litvd churchman, but a mild pastor, like the
JUT clerk° of axenfordc."
"And gladly would lie learn sal gladly teaen."
There was hide enthusiasm of either kind manifested
counti !lance. i'llejountain Of benevolence
,:%.11 Min seemed willing M dew Will in peace and
, unlike a swift torrent or the .long swell of* migh-
-tot!. lie bad eidently learned mostly from books,
tn a 4 not entirely unskilled in the character of Wen,
11 wherein he was ignorant, ho was Always ready to
, °Wig Males name was Howard, euid Ito
Aa r urate'of tha rector who rode by his aide. Ijotti
.I'JOUt to NVI: their churches fur the' first time.
,romped upon the brow (Ara hill and looked in ei•
111/011 thili eeeslo of Irish loveliness, upon that s ec-
I:1-h deformity and wretc p ednet'S. At btst How,
half to himself.
"r),,, is a beautiful country, but how mournful in its
" f6c. c:ientry was made by God," . said the rector.
bLutiful. It has been cursed by th F piesonce of
3n, and may well mourn fit desolation. All that is
for the happiness of this land is r simpb, good
!Jail peace among its inhabitants. .Thep arc bigoted
•vorn///g 010 nies:,engerg of the Prince of
e. Thtiy are ignorant, yet reject the light which is
offered thorn. Can wo wonder then. at this sight?
..11 Ile pity or rather condeninin
IV e , licaild pity them in their ignorance, end never
. 1 ,1,, nin ucul ;hey 'act with full knowledge of their
Not oo!" return the rector harshly. •.'rhey have
igaoroace their fault and not thoir misfortune; they
d,r l .theis, only because they mitt glut their eyesin
'd.,ithe light."
But 01.4 cannot always do this." urged Ijoward ear
!..• tit is an unnatural sidle. Keep told day con.
4`)outilloin. and they must filially look around."
. 11% ) are blind—nnunturall), hopelessly blind!"
not tome of this misery be owing to government?
of it, even to their being obliged to +support us
7.11!)i.v never will hear'?"
I l , we eloseiy examined this snbjeci," said Stow b.
•:Nksrely. "and 1 believe that this government is the
can be devised for them, and that we, the
vnis of this wretched fleek—"
V , ! )0 aro the mean wolf that feeds upon us:"
vrol, who had been lying by the roadside, unnoticed,
%Ai he .sid thehe words, and 131140 " g his fist.'" thorn.
td a..% ay.
tm: Niecimen l" cried the rector. “13tit lom glad .
r , loe interrupted us, for I hove no rationce on the sub
' mmt hurry on—it will be late before we reach
That tall building, seine miles farther on. is my
J7ch 111 am not mistaken. Younit, in that dit'ectiots
- , , c‘r, is not yet visible. Come."
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'Ae sdently onward until full darkness earn()
the lold. Then half n dozen men sprang t i vfore
anti seized their bridles.
"You must corm: with 1123: "-
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aM :" ." cried the rctor. "This is violating
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n ''''‘''"iihod coarsely among g themselves.
"Have 1011. heard or ttlo Whitelloys?" said one,
a hearty chuckle.
CHAPTER
wa not very long before they reached a small cabin.
teaptire elergynten entered first, with thetrAttard
be leade r of the band followed immediately after
" 1 There w•as no one within except a alight youth.
' :10 i E h light of a peat fire.
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"What! still reading. Doininic?" cried the leader.
"Aye." Said the young man. looking np with a mel
ancholy smile, "still reading, dear Dermot, to proparo
for something more hereafter."
"Well, well, you are right now as :re always are. but
put,up pour book; here is other business for us. Sit here
with mo. Look well to tho door and windows, my boys
. You. Englishmen, may stand up and- hear what Wei poor
Irishmen, have to say: to ye." ' '
The first thought of ono who looked upon that strange
scene, would hove been erat thoso wens singular judges
to try two educated, pious men.
"Yer reverences think it atrange that ye aro stopped on
the high roads. Did ye suppose that we aro always qui
tet heie? It was a mistake. Ireland is neithcr dead or
asleep. Now, 1'1: tell ye a thing or two that yo won't
beheve now, but wo to vo unless the belief comes quick
!
I ••It means something, when a boy can speak in Hope
: Horny to men. It nouns something. too, that I can teach
duty to you who are cider and wiser than. myself. It
means just this: that your peeplo have fastened a tern!-
, blo curse upon us, and wo aro Obliged to tell you what it
is; eveiriou in your arrogant (wisdom. You will hear
this often. And if tcm stay king in Irclond., you will
find, thank God! that even unlearned men cal \
l be op
pressed into eloquence.
'•llut I atn!the youngest here nnd know how I'. s mad
shod in your presouce. Whatlittle there is to t \ ca h, I
tell you as strangers and not puPils. ' 4.. . \ -
would say nothing moro. Did yottnot know it before to
night, or have you studied the Matter only in Eng)antl?
Look arouml you hero in Ireland; see that wo are cunst d,
and thou, if you have tho,love of God ia your hearts, Jay
your hand lightly upon us.
! ••Yina thin'. and call yourselv i es holy ministers of God.
Provo to us then that you belioila in your own sincerity.
There is a tremendous power iii your hands, as Protes
tant clergyliteirand magistrate 4, and if your hearts are
i pure, you will use it in compassion. Many of us are too
wretchedly poor to pay you tithe, but, though you can
legally ring it out of them, have mercy and do not stretch
the law to its full extent. Thro are a thousand ways
wherein you ran relieve the op tressed; I entreat you to
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watch for them and expect tone reward in the prayers of
grateful Cutholics. If not—but how can I, who aspireto
become an humble servant of God, speak of vengence!
L'l will repay.' SAW) the Loud," I!
Dermot, the leader. was a large strong man with-quick
ness of passion and intellect. He had been a common
laborer and now possessed no ether qualification than
natural strength of-character to load an equally ignorant
band of conspiring Irishmen. Ho was'already known
as a plott er
, and bold spirit, though , th e rebellion had not
yet broken out.
Dominic could not have been more than eighteett or
nineteen yearn of age. His forehead was white end
bro&d, but half-hidden by (holing masses of hair that
trailed heavily down upon it. In his eye and formation
of head could bo ETCH unmistakeable genius, anil genius
teo with all its etttkusiaL , .iic fires. But his body was frail,
and a wearied look, even in the brilliance of his eyes,
showed that be was fading away."'
Before either of these two ,had spoken, the rector
haughtily tlenuMiled the cause of this violence, and to.
turned boldly' the 'savage look with which Dermot first
answerer' his (petition. Howard said nothing., but gazed
on' Dominic with equal admiration and pity, strange as
the mixture might be.
Dermot exldained the matter to them in a few plain
tvords.'
"Ye may he a good, nation at home, but in
Irebtud ye'xe a plunderin` bloody race. We are cursed
by the absence of our landlords and the presence of her—
etic pticsts. , who feed on us when we cannot feed oar-
SCIVVS,. We despise your governinent, and Kato your re
ligion. but ye make us support both. Now yn two men
are not to blame for this and we only punish the guilty.—
But take cater There is power in your hands, and mind
that 3c it for our good or yourselves will be crushed.
"Bdt I can't talk. Dominic, speak to them like a
young saint as 'you are. Tell the proud heretics what
they
Woe do and what they shall not do. Then let them
choose." 1 ,
Dominic modestly raised his head end looked at the
two men who stood before him: His eye kindled as he
met the, guffmil:Gus survey of one, but softened again
as it turned to the nobler countenance of Edward.
Dermot rose from his seat.
"Now ye know why )4M came to this place. If wo
had treated ye rudely, we should ask your pardon, but it
isn't needed. Stop! before ti go, I ask you tio:11to
pledge ?our honer..-1 beleveuse the word--that the
past ,hour shall never be Mentioned by your reverences."
"For my part," said Iloward,kfter a pause, "I have
no hesitation in making this pledge. Your intentions at
lent are good, and you have dei no wrong."
"I will not do UV " said the r ector, hotly. "You are
turbulent men, who have broken the public peace by
seizing us and—"
is no matter," interrupted 'Dermot, coolly. "Look
out for yourself if you declare War, I spoke more fur
your good than our own. Now y i o may go."
Ile accompanied them to the door and helped them
mount their horses. , They were l ust riding off when he
again stopped them. •
"Ileld! You'll not leave ire and till I've seen ye
again. Remember It, now or hereafter at yor risk."
They rode. away without making any reply.
CHAPTER. lII'
Six months passed away, and ]798, found Ireland in
desperate insurrection.
Howard had not forgotten the warning he lied receiv
ed, as the respect and forbearance even of tho rebels to
wards him would fully prove. He had lived among a
peoplo who could nut own him ror their guide, ais4bc
came a spiritual pastor, kind, always benevolent and
ready to lighten the burdens which had been laid upon
others for his own support. Such zeal was too much
for his naturally feeble health. .VVearing himself out
doubly in action and forbearance as'he'did, it was but a
short time before he was obliged to ` suspend his exertions
and then ho sick man longed fez a peaceful home iu
his native England. 1•
One pleasant evening he fount -himself,. on his re
turn. exactiv in tho place where he had been seiztd six
months Previously. lie, stopped his horse and almost
unconsciously lodised in expectatien of the appearance
of Dermot, Scarcely had ho entertained the idea be
fore the Irish• leader was again at his side, this time
with q respectful salutation .
i•Mr. Doivartl, will it please ye to go with me?"
Howard hesitated. 1,
"Surely ye kilow," added Dermot. "that no harm can
roach
.Vuu when lam near. It is the last time that we
ever meet in this wretched country."
"I know it, Dermot, and I ;411 follow you, i 'eaid
Howard. • i
In a short time they reached the enrno cabin where
they had mood In such odissifinlar positionea few mouths .
before..
"Sit down, Mr. Howard and lot tie both think in•ai
lenco to u t w o aro interrupted. j 'have sent for another
visitor to-nignt, and 1 . 1 . 041 be hero before - many home."
Howard caught the other's meaning. but he kneW
that in one respect ho was powerless; and wisely kept
silence. ' Two or three hours of students stillness passed
away thus, when the door was suddenly flung open and
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 21,1849.
four meM entered. bringing with them a bound, half
dressed prisoner.' It'was the Hector Sioughtom
Dtirmot hushed him sternly as he was itbout to vent
hil wrath in useless reproaches, and then, 'after . a few
moments of painful' silence. spent is if in recalling
thought, he addressed both Stoughton cud Howard with
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CHAPTER IV
"IT is more than six mouths, I believe; since we were
here last. Both of ye came then* against your. will, but
there woe no rough hundliu'.! I sent for you then be
cause ye were strangers. whbiniew nothing of us, yet
came in our midit with power in3inkr , hands, and I wont
ed to tell you where ye were arid what should be done.—
I did toll ye, fairly. did I not? I said then that we
should be here again together. and we are here now.--
Do you know what it is for? ,There,aro accounts 'to be
given, even by wise mon to an ignorant patriot. because
I am a patiiot, and yo belong to those who trample. on
"You come hero to-night in a different style front the
first. Ode of yo fearlessly, willingly, end at my asking;
the other, because ho has been dragged from his bed, and
simian' like a coward as he is. You are a coward, Mr.
Stoughton,---not in body, for there you ere•brave,- but in
your conscience, because you know that you have de
served something at my hands.
"Six months ago there was a fair noble boy at my side,
end one of ye looked on him with kindness, the other
with scorn. I marked it then. Now, ho is not hero,
and both of yo know why. But this is the last time we
throo will over meet, and so I'll tell you the story of 'that'
boy's death. Though ye know it well now, perhaps ye'll
see another reason in it, why we three can never meet
again.
. "Dominic's mother was my sister, und, like him, sho
died young. Whoa I think what both would have been,
from what both were, I love their memories 60 much
the more tenderly because they loft the world iu their pure
youth. All my love was bound up iu that boy, and one
of y e was his murderer!
"Our priest elways.tuld mo that he was full of genius !
and would be a bright ornament in the church, but he
needn't have said that to me, who keew tho boy from his
cradle, and worked myself dotvii that ho might get hie
educatien. I always lunged to hea his deer voice in
the pulpit, and tako the blessed WII :r from his pure hands.
Well, he grew up to - be all that could ask.' Yo have
aeon him and know what lie was. Ye know, too, that
ho loved Ireland. and fur that opo „of.yo ,wrought his
death! ' ,
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"It is not five months now, IVII. Stoughton, since you
put a distress on the goads of poor Dennis .Mullin becatise
lie wasn:t able to pay , his tithe. There hadn't been a
risin' of the people then, or you'd never have dared to
do it. Ilut you stood by and sows the Itllolo very gladly,
for it was rill under yonti direction. Yeti didn't listen to
the poor man's playas not to take everything, nor would!
you say ono word to Du Mule, who' had just come up 1
andliegun to reproach your hard heart. No, You didn't
say one word to the noble boy, except. to bid hint Itush,•
or you'd Ow notice, as a inagistiate: of the time you tan ,
him last, h'erc, in this very place. Mr. f•ltotighton. where
you're standing now in fear. You (fitful see me ut that
moment or you'd have given me up to the constables at
your buck. Then Domitiie spoko to ono of them, but he
was.a surly English bulldog, and answered with a curse,.
aye! and with something else. They fought. You said
it was Dominic that struck lirsq teaitl Aim. th.tureVar-,
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'Your hou ids seized us and held us fast. You came
up; , and said that we began the fight. You was a mag
istrate too, anti afar a sham exemination, according to
your own fashion, you committed us to prison for break
ing the peace. Did ye think nt the time, that you was
signing our warrant or your own?"'
"I could not have done otherwise, as a magistrate un
der the law," interrupted Stoughton doggedly.
"It was a bloody law and yo was a murderint mogis
trate:• Did you not fix your red revengeful eye on me
and say that You'd prosecute tie for another breach of the
-peace as Soon as we'd been punished for this? You
mocked us. toe, when you said that we might go clear of
prison if we'd gill's bail, for you knew that English tyran
ny hadn't left us euougltproperly to stave etre jail. Hear
now what ye said, when Dominic, in his ignorance ofi
the world and the simple innocence of his .own heart,
asked you. as a professional servant of Christ, to lay
aside hatred and give your own security, for my life
would shrink and he would die in a prison. Ile pledged
you. in all the sacredness of his greet heart. that you
should not lose by the good deed. It sounded new to a
Man who'd lived in your bard world, but for all that you
might have trusted the boy! No; you told Min that he'd
live long enough after ho was out of jail to see what a
fool he'll made of himself!
"Just now you said that you'd acted like a magistrate
under tho law, and perhaps you'll tell mo again that you
did what every man of the world would do in denying,
him. So you did, but it was like a merciless magistrate I
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and a hard-hearted man. Reverend sir, you have no
Imiii - eits to bo eithOr,- No just magistrato would have .
imprisoned him for doing what he did, and no good man
would have refused to keep him out of a jail, where he
must die. If you had looked at the poor boy'shOdy, you
must have known that ti jail Would have been his death,
and se' it was.
"We lay there two months and were net brought to
trial. Poor Dominic faded away. It had always heron
hard for the sick boy to 'struggle fairly with life when ho
was out in the fresh air and green fields he loved so well,
but those two months in a datnp.jall killed him. - I heard
of it. One night, by the blessing of God, I broke my fet
ters and escaped. '
"I went to Mr. Howard at once, ,though be was an
Englishman and a heretic. Here, in this place, I had
marked his kind eye as Ile looked at Dominic, and I
know that since that time every poor Catholic lied always
blessed his goodness. Do ye remember the advice I
gave yo once, Mr. Stoughton? I dared not go to him in
the day time, and so that very night I wrote a little note.
wrapped it round a broken fetter, and flung it through
his window. In fifteen minutes 1 hoard his horse gal
loping away from home.
"I'll not detain your reverences, for we've much to do
before ,morning. Ho bailed 'out Dominic and -nursed
him tenderly at his own house, but tho poor boy died be.
fore many weeks. The young priest went to heaven be
fore ho had ever lifted his voice in' the holy church, but.
thank God! the Irish boy did not die mitil,ha had. struck
once against oppression. . . .
"Mr. Stoughton, ye've been turnip' pale and flushed,
and tryin' to seem stout, and then tremblin' again while
•I'vo talked.. Don't beg for mercy, for you murdered
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CHAPTER V.
TO, Irishman covered up his lace, for his whole frama
trundled in terrible agoity. At length Howard kindly
laid : hand upon hii shoulder. but 'Vermont shook it
oft
•' ' eve aided heart, Mr. Howard, and I knovi what
yell say. but it's of no use.' 'l've sworn to 'remember
Do • inic. I'll remember you - too, for his sake. In'. the
only wily that s poor Irishman elm. -You're traveling
to r , blin. but in these wild times you'd never reach the
city , Ithciut a pass from the patriots. and that's why
.p tidy!. Give me'your hand."
pNIVARDI.M-
„• ,He produced a email stamp, moistened it with some
Chemical preparation, and printed upon Howard's wriet a
little,harp wreathed with the shamrock.
"There! that will cave your life. It'a the beat- that I
can give.”
"Wait a 'mornont, * Dormat. You moan ill to Mr.
Stoughton: I can hardly believe that you moan the
worst, except when I look at your eyes. You judge hitn
far too, harshly. Upon My soul, I holieve that his Mien
:tions were blameless. and you acknowledge that ho ac
ted according to the law."
"Do notlower yourself Or me. Mr. Howard, by plead
ing to this murderer," said tho rector. ."If I die, it will
be as n martyr to ignorance and cruelty. I bare done
potbing in my lifo that I would not repeat, boforo God!"
"Yo needn't talk, either of ye," broke in Dermot
savagely. "Hciersoever 'twos done, - you murdered Dein-
Jule. Stay here' till morning. Mr. Howard. You mast;
two of my men will keep you from leaving - this place
until four o'clock. Then yen may go to the town, and
right there by the jail. see what a monument I'll raise to
Dos - Mole.'" ' . • ,
He 'polio in Irish to his men. and all but two vanished
wilt') their prisoner. 4
• At four o'clock his guards unbarred the door and Rew
ard rushed out. - Twenty minutes' hard riding. brought
Lint to the jail, and there he stopped. Tho
, gray morn
Was just lighting up Me horrid taco of a hanging man.—
sheet of paper was fasthried to his back, and on it. was
scrawled in largo letters:
RICIIES AND GENWS-AN,4LLECORY.
Riches and Genius once started on a journey. but they
coon parted company; for Riches redo in a splendid ear,
end was carried by large and rapid cotirsera,whilo Genius
walked by the way side, and often paused to contemplate
the skies' . and earth, with her mountains. rivers, tiecls,
and flowerer. Riches had net proceeded far. before ho
perceived the castle of Pleasure. in a green and sunny
meadow. All around and within it was enchanting.—
The air was soft - and balmy, blowing freshly, fraught
with orders, and reviving to those on whom it breathed.
The birds sang melodiously, the streams fell with gentle
murmurs, and the (nits were golden. Pleasures, lightly
and magnificently arrayed, came smiling forth to meet
her guest. Bowinegracefully, she invited him into her
luxurious halls which, wide and loftly, were filled with
musicians, dancers, and 411 who could in any way con
tribute to charm away the hours. Her tables, covered
with invitirk viands, were set in the midst. . The
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.tress'of all things delightful, wee herself exceedingly fair.
Dimples beautified her delicate checks; her silken hair
fell, in wreathed tresses, around hOr neck; her eyes had
a laughing and sweet expression, blent with a soft dream
iness. Poor Riches. not knowing her to be a coquette,
soon became violently enamored, while she, amused at
her power over him, smiled more bewitchingly than over .
Long time he tarried in the abode of Pleasure; but, at
length. becoming ill, and chancing to groan, she become
offended, told him that Pain was her mortal \ foe, and that
she thought it best for him to leave the castle: Riches
obeyed with reluctance, for Pleasure seemed more charm
ing in his eyes when he knew himself ho was obliged ito
leave her.. Being forced. however. to comply with her
command.• he ordered his proudchaiint - •
kleanwhile, Genius wetted his path towards the
dwelling of Knowledge: a metitoruble and wise sage.-
fie paused, It is true. et pleasure's attractive abode. but
after some consideration, resolved not to all; knowing
Riches to be there, and distrusting the smiles of the arras.
Now Riches was gaily dressed, while Genius Wore gar
ments that were threadbare: He was proud and Sensi
tive. in spite of this. and. feared Riches would insult
him. Continuing on, he soon arrived at the- habitation
of Knowledge. The old man rose to receive hint. His
countenance Was dignified, and his hearing noble. Time
had she its snow on his head, mud increased. instead of
ditniniithing his strength add majesty. He led Genius'
into his well filled library. and addressed him thus: "here
0, Genius. is food for the mind. lam glad to see thee
scorn Pleasure and seek better things, for her voice is
deceptive, and she often leads to death. 1 know that
thou were templed to her hall, for who is not? but the
wisdom of thy choice will appear in the end. The road to
mouth% Genius is before thee! It is steep timid thorny.
Yet he who bait conquered the wiles of deceitful Pleasure':
evinces greatness of mind;-and thou has but to persevere
in the path I show, to win fame." Genius bowed him ,
self to t h e earth, assured that the words of tho sage were
those of truth.
Riches, oppressed with pain; a weary pilgrim. at last
died in a wretched hovel never ceasing to deplore the hoe*
of his beloved Pleasure, though she had proved so false
and heartless. Neglected and obscure was his end, and
t here is no record ()this life to be bound.
Genius climbed the bill of Renoun, lived to a good old
age, died lamented, and telt a namo dear to tho .
Pity weeps et his urn. Gloryl unfolds her banner over tho
place of his repose, and Ids memory is houbred among
men.
A Sim. BL UM following circumstance hap.
pencd in one of the towns of Illinois: '
A man had been drinking until a late hour at night.
befortihe started for home. Honest folks had been long
in bed, and the houses were shut and dark. The liquor
be had taken was too much for him; he did not know
whore to go. Ho at length staggered into an empty wa
gon shed, and fell upon the grbund. Fore long time he
by in the unconsciousness of ti drunken sleep, and
would have undoubtedly frozen, (for the snow in the
ground showed the night to be very cold.) had not others
less insensible than himself. been around him. This
shed was a favorite rendezvous for the hogs, which rush•
cd out when the now comer arrived, but soon returned
to their bed. In the utmost kindness, and with the tru
est hospitality, they gotta their biped companion the
middlo of the bed; some lying on either aide of him, and
others acticg the part of quilt Their warmth prevented
him tram being injured bY his exposure. Towards
morning:he awoke; finding hint self comfortable, and
being in blissful ignorance of his whereabume, he sup
posetehimself enjoying the accoMmodations of a tavern,
id' company with other gentlemen. Ho reached out his
hands.'and catching hold Of the stiff bristles of a hog.
exclaimed—." Why. Milner, when did you ahavalast?"
Datum—The "Razor Strop Alan" says: "When I
first got acquainted with strong drink. it promised to do a
great many things for me. It promised ine,'Liberiy; and
I got Liberty. I had the liberty to see my toes poke out
of my boots—the water had the liberty to go in at the tees
and go out at the heels—my knees had the liberty to come
out of my pantk—my elbow* had the liberty to come out
of WY coal- 1 had, the liberty to, lift the crown of my hat
and scratch my hepd without taking my tat off. Not
only liberty I got, but I got music... When I walked
i
along on a Windy i
ay.,the crown of . •, .
, My bat % quid go flippeny- dap.
And the Ind yvh:stled "how do you do."
Ba•*r'D+cs+se.`-+A woman in N
trrueh starch into sr boarders dtckies
by them. As an of of gratitude, they
with a spleudid pine pitcher.
ME
D&RMOT'S itzrExas •
IA TIIL
MONVIIN.NT OF DOMINIC
.w York pots so
. that they alma
!aro to present her
xivimx;4o.
' _llll' C. D. lIFTCAZD.
The day Is gone: 0116;411len etoud
Floats wanly o'er the MOW& birth.
1 014 like a weary pi Igrhn's shroud,
The twilightd&rips around the earth,
How fair themoon from out the skies,
Flings down bar Mild and SlNCrYillealuPs
And all she stars, like conscious c3'ol.
Itcfk.cs themselves In lakes and streains.
The winds are hushed; the leaves aye itlll.
And not a breads the silence breaks.
Save whereto:4oe zephyr's get ihria.
The dew drop from the rose tree sos Les,
Yet heart. far across the vale.
And from the shadows of yon hill.
The Katy did pour tont. her tale.
.4n4 sadly sing the whippccrwlll.
Oa holy. calm. delightful hour;
Who feels not tenderer fin your sake
its—by an angel•. quickening power
3loun, gars, and music blending wade,
Delightful hour, nor night nor day,
[haps' thatglorioua space between,
Which mingles both—then melts away.
Like dreams which are not, yet have been,
/ton• fitly ire Js typed herein,
Where Jarknee• gathers round our tt ay,
While . flir beyond, the light is seen,
Which centres in a perfect day.
Some Story about "Sawing" a Siivo Wankel).
ET N. I It.
Tr..Nt years ago, said Jones, I made my first trip over
tho "Dig Lakes." I was a youngster then, fresh 'from a
city law office. and on the look out for a "location" in
the "Great West," a few coppers in my pocket. and
brass enough in my face to make up the deficiency. I'd
seen some "tall life" in York, and did'itt much fear be
ing "picked up" by any body in the mass: use. ,
After I'd 800111, enough of Buffalo. I concluded the
chance was bettor farther West. so one day I stepped
down to the harbor, and booked myself eu board the
Great Western, Captain W—, for Chicago.
/tithed time aver we left Buffalo, quite a muss was
kicked up , antondsonte of the forward passengers; ores
aliened by a little peppery Frenclitnatt,having, as he de
clared, detected a specimen of the "genius"'Yenkee,
taking some lit:tonics with his (the Frenchman's) wife.
The quarrol was of course !allied over in the "Saloon,"
until some fellow on the look out for fun proposed. as
Me Yankee appeared to he suffering under that "awful
dispebsation of rroviclenee„" must INTZN'3E VERDANCY',
organizing a speei l rl steamboat court arresting and try -•
Mg the off ender, and, as a matter of course, put him
through "an entire course of sprouts." Tlie proposal,
as yUU may readtlY im %gine. was forthwith ado?toti. A
Mr. 11, of •Milwaukie, was elected judge—a gen
tleman you all know sight well, and este of the beat felt
lbws in the world; albeit he is nos a "grave and rem;
ed" Senator at Washington, acted 111 the (to him) fa
miliar official capacity of prosemiting attorney. A big
whiskered sucker from Galena undertook the duty of
Sheriff, and• the Mon °RCM/VOLE ,IMARINE COCRV of
the Veiled States Steamboat r,rprtmont was fully or
viand.
While the court room watt bring arranged, it was in
the FORWARD SALMI; with a VitiWi I suppose, to the ac
commodation of "thS Bar," I had come to the eonelu
go .11 :4 i" - ra?" . [rib ifriela n glArf n zn'
ation of the warrant, I sloped forward and found my
Yankee friend stretched on a dry goods box, and ovident
ly pretty doeply "streaked." '
“Mr. Peashie," said I, las name CM the book was en
tered ”Abialona Poaslec." "I'm very much afraid you
will be put to a great , deal of trouble. Yoit - aro not
aware, Probably, that the: Frenchman ha.s sworn out a
warrant against you. I suppose you knees, of course,
that there is a regular branch of the United States Mti
rine Court on this Coat." -
. ..,_
. ,
••Goilrisrs his blasted picter: he's meatier 'a a bifed
skunk—cusp-hitnj ,ditrat tech his wotnan.;'; . 1
,
•'That makes no difference," said 1; ••l
the boat has got tho" worrani, I saw it rriya
thought you was a stranger 'and might wan
cacao right off to sec you—my name is ..r
an y body can get you clear. I can." -
H 01), thunder and spikes! aunt it too bad.
anthill; of I was onlypshore. I guess 'twould
eternity fore env ono'd catch me on the cues
thing tight."
"There conies the @bora," said ~''what do you
EMI
you'll git me clear, glv yoti five dollars, I.will
sure's my 1131/3C . S .6•1?illi011/."
"Donn," s uid 1. "When the judge asks if you have
counsel, tell him' Mr. William Jones in your lawyer, and
I'll be there. just keep a stilt upper lip. dont say a word
to the sheriff, or any one but me."
Fifteen min ntea after, Absalom was brought into court.
thave no doubt that at the first opening of tho matter.
he was somewhat suspicious of the trirk,•but the vener
able and dignified form of-the judge, the earnest air of
the prosecuting attorney, and the sober. anxious appear
1111Ce of the spectators. all had thoireffiset; the colorfor
sook his Flicelts, and,when the judge, in Plow and em
phatic words, bid him rise and hew the charge, poor Ab
salom wilted like a calibsgs loaf, and as the judge pro.
corded to lay down the law, and dwell with au apparent
horror on the n or mitt' of the offense commi !ter!. I felt
really distresse at his forlorn and homble'appearonee.
"As you tut", probably. no counsel," edict the judge,
"this court will select one for )ou, who will doubtless,
give you the full benefit of his legal skill."
"1 begicav,is of - this - honorable court," said 1, "with
all the dignitj• of incipient counsollorisin, seeking that
Absalom wa4 unable to utter my name, to suggest that
Peaslee,Aho prisoner at the bar, has confided to me
the charge of his defence."
was perfectly aware that making this offer I was dis
appointing sadly the gentleman - been ;Meetly
selected to fill the post of prisoner's counsel; but that
was a matter 'of indifference to me, and as Absalom Se
conded me by a faint sign of approval. I took my seat,
uot thinking it worth while to' hear the muttered objur
gations of the dispossessed pettifogger.
You may well suppose that I was not such a "gooey"
as to expect success in defending my client. Absalom
was a doomed 'man, of course. With me it was the,
chance of making friends or s'acrmaintanCes,Who might
help me thereafter iu my dealing with the suckers and
badgers of the West. •
, The indictment was read with much force by fits pros
ecuting attorney, it charged upon the 01mm-re violent
and malicious assault and hattory with intent. &e.. and
was well and wittily drawn:up. • We. of course, pleaded
NOT GUILTY; and the first witness the Frnclinian. was
Sworn an a BACKGAiMMON BOARD, and testified to tho fol-,
lowing effect:
'1 ant baptised by de nom Jean, Baptiste. Louis Alph !
ones Napoleon Sorbier,, I.nall be in die country tree year;
bimbey two week pass by I arm mange, my.wife's in, de
- citee you call Bos—tang. She say M. Bohlen bimeby,
prettreoan, nothing happen. ye shall have large femiloc.
I am fear dat ve so myself 'so I, tell Madame, • Ire go to
great vest vat yori call him. oh! skyvat
s an de goovs ara-
Menl Propairtee, vs start...in: reach de cilia -Butfelo. ye
take dis bates; 1 eve several tronk I eve go to le' cellar,
vat you call de hole, to see hlm put safe away; sea t icor
to se cabe'en.-I look in, I say sat mock like Madame Ba
ttier, look hotter°, so second time. I see Madame bi so
vittdareil see lie eacre d—n T lankeo stand bi sol.
say noting, I hold myself bock, eb. Mon dien! I eve do
maiheur to see die dear mato put his two fingers on se
ball \ side of Madame, vat you call -de nake, I not stop
longere, I seize hum by so coat tail, I say vat you mean
Mietare, sat is my wife, I aye see you stick your d—n
dmoo fingaro on my wife; I am gintilhonte. I will ave do
grand sane faction, vat you think he say, "I (MI Nat
oULUOIST. Litivz razz. DIC snips Memeata." AL!
sacra nom do diou! he take insult -from hijurlo. I lay'
nothing more, If I aye a horse pistoi . I run him trot; zp
boddoe several times."
This woe the evidence for the proseeution, it was welt
received, you may be sore. and the Judge's efforts to
secure order were in vain, peal on peal oflaughter greets
,id the tragic conelusiou. Absalom bad rallisd wonder
fully, I hair; no doubt his former suspicions had returned
in force enough to furnish a euffieient degree of pluck for
the occasion. Ile was by iris'esvo request, permitted to
toll his own story.
"I've hearu that or' fellers'-story," said Absalom, 'and •
it's jest about as near unto tho truth as ounit:in Brown's
wife was to heaving twins, she had only one. I see that
or' crater's - woman Jeauite outer the Winder, and
could - lit for the life of me help uotielu` her bumps, bar
hair was plastered dawn se almighty slick, they stock out;
as !lateral as a bull's tail. Ye see squire I tuk Mister
rimier's; Plirenological paper'all last winter; •and 'fore j
loft hum, I'd practysed on about, all, the gals in them
parts. I did'nt charge nothin' ter doing on't, it was a
gratifying duty as old Elder Neff': sed, when he saluted
the female converts. Well, yew see I looked at thit;,.
critter's head, and I says to myself. Jerusha Simmons!
if that air; an't the ell firdyi filofinitivo bomb' I ever '
did sec.: 'twos atuozin' it fairly lopped her head o'er
backwards, and I thought to myself if I could only tit the
dimensions of that air, 'hicy natirrat i enellin,' in feet and
inches, I'll send it to Squire Fowler, for publication. and
I Was jest about trying to space across, when that tempi
goose-eyed feller there, Mister Sour Beer, gave me a
• twitch clear threw the cabbie. I did used to think old
:runt •Putiettee Larraby - could'nt ho beat in the jaw line,
an' she talked so thunderin' fast it always took tow on us
to hear her; she'd flummox one set of ears qideler'n
lightnin,' but I gin in now, that air French feller'd Wk.
aunt Patience into fits in less'n a .minute. Sq now
Squire, you've !learn his story and' you!vo hewn
and if 'mint lawful in this ere free country, for a feller to'
look at a female critter'alminps in a peaceable ; admix.;
way, I'll 'ay the beaus, I'd gin a shilling nay way rath•
er'n not sea that irir,developluelt,'
I had got by this time, to be about 111 o'clock in tho
evening, and out we expected to reach Detroit; where the,
boat would stop some 'two hours, Suggested by D
i
1 end Assented to by my-80f, to sutstnit the ease to the Judge
without summing up. I Therefore. that learned and im
partial functionary' pibceeded to express his rouviction
I at Absalom's guilt, and imposed upon him a fine of five
dollars.
Oddly enough. as i then thought: the Yankee submited
without a murmur. "Taint no use kickin' said he to•mo
in a loci voice, •I•guess I've got my eye-teeth e.uichettp
onutl: I lipase yaw won't charge uothin''Squire, Hecht'
as you did'att have anything to say." •
"it bargain is a bargain Mr. Peaslee,," said I. ••Yon
agreed to pay me a V., I did'nt sum up io be sure, Mit I
haveoto_doublia bad not 'wait row counsel the Judgo
would have put on twenty dollars at leait."
"Wal I ain't golu to rumpus about such a trine, I aint
nothin smaller than a ten."
•
"Pit give fire for it," said I, "and - then von can hand
that to the Judge, and we'll bo square."
I took Absalom', ten merely looking to ace the amount.
and handed him a city five, ho took it very cooly, walked
over to where the Judge was standing atuidst" , :a knot of
laughing croneys, spoke a few words in an under tone;
the Judge end his friends looking over et me in a great
merriment exclaimed, •"ajl right, Mr. Penske all right,"
and Absalom sloped,
Tha boat was at the dock and es several tif this: pass.
engem, were to leaVe.the Judge led the way to the bar,
observing to me, I suppose Mr. Jones. we may as well
take a general treat out of your client's fee."
"Oh certainly," said I, "walk up gentleman." And
so they did, quite a small crowd, The Judge says to the
gonteman inside the; bar. "Mr. Jones Mend the, shot."
o sheriff' of
If, and as , I
counsel, I
ues, and if
I aim dun
0 !meet'
d hot water
"There mu .t be a mistake," said !, "did'nt thE Yankpli
hived you a give,"
P.Not at all, he bad banded you a .tea. and got a fir*
back in excUnge, and you would accodnt to the court."
You? Absalom. my client Absalom. thought _ k l as I
paid the damages. thirty-niue drinks at a Arai each.
I was rather to say anything about my fee. tiut concluded
1 had got oft clear and one shilling In pocket.
Ohl the vanity of human calculations! take my advice
boys, ntrcr attempt to ram a lire Yankee. I
•
-The len dollar bill was a counterfeit.
.21
Do NOT CHEAT TIM 1.00 R: :=TIIO Alhaqtnickerbocker
relates the . following incident which . may be a good ex
ample at otli"Or places. -This fashion of defrauding the
laborer is altogether too common, btit not much to say
that persons who will do it, are preliminary candiates for
the States Prison:
A member of the lobby. who was alMut leaving limn
a day or two since, was encountered near the Rail Road
Depot by his Washerwoman. who being of the Amazo
nian order. stopped him. much against his will. and do
niunded payment, for, • the wushing of about twenty dick
twice us many collars, and one or two shirts. Ho
would have 'resisted payment, but as the lady,a rich
brogue and, laud voicObro't a Targe . erowd about him. ho
was compelled, ( 7 1Ci escape ridicule.) to give her $3 and
refusd•the
Stays:ay., Eisler' Vs.alts Aao..—Eighty years ago, Ma
very existed in Massachusetts; and was there practised.
by EOM e, as cruelly as now on tho worst sugar plantatioue
of Louisiana. Mrs. Child in her' history of Woman,
says. ••A wealthy lady residing in Glouchester Moe..
was in tho habit of giving away the infanta of her e isle"
slaves a few days after they were horn. as people are
r
i i
eustome;d to dispose of a Hite of kittens . One 'of her
neighbors begged an infant, w ich in these &yea coin-
patative simplicity, she nouns ed with her own milk.
and reared among her own children. This woman had .
an earnest desire for a brocade gown. and hot trusbind _
net feeling able to purchase one, she sent her little num-
- Hug to Virginia and sold her, When she
,was &Milt sevaa
Veers old."—Yot the people of plassachuaidts. lam the •
English, have loss charity now , ,for slave-holders than
perhaps any other of the citizen:lS of the United States.—
Such is human nature.—Pltiladelphia Bulletin.
SAlLon's Iront 01 Fidumw IsznAm2.—During tho
Florida war a party of Seaman stationed ou the Miami
to cut wood for the ljnitod states steamer Poinsett. were
aroused by. a report that two •Intliens had been aeon
near the encampment. The commanding officer but
trig tii;the spot. found Drown. the boatswain's mate, and
Davis, a s eawall. in the act of entering, a small ham-
I mock where the enemy were thought to be concealed...-
latent upon doing their , work in their own i way, Davi s
laid down his mitaket in the path. and caught up a stout
stick. spitting on his bands and grasping his cudgel, hi"
stepped forward.:calling out. "CoMe on. Brown. lot mo
get a crack at him, and you erneftreusster my lee." Ha
~no doubt eipected to catch an indi ho r lifeu would airai'
and crack him on the nose.'
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